Cutout feature now works with Sheet Metal

This is truly a glorious day. I happened to install Wildfire 3.0
Build M020 so I could use the new flange features that were
added. While playing around with Wildfire 3.0 (I have held off
installing as I was waiting for a little more stability) I happened to
try a cutout feature on a sheet metal part and it worked.



The cutout feature has been incorporated into the Merge/Inheritance feature.



Previously, cutout features would not work with sheet metal parts. Now that it does, this opens up whole new worlds.



See, we had wanted to use a cutout feature to allow redefining cutouts
in sheet metal parts just by changing a reference part. The only way we
could do this was by modeling the entire sheet metal part as a solid,
then converting it. This was unstable, due to the complicated
shapes we needed and the fact that we needed to supress walls depending
on user input.



Now that the part is a sheet metal part from "birth", these instabilities all go away.



What took me about three hours to model only took me 1/2 hour.



I am now in a one-sided love affair with PTC. These guys answered
the call and have greatly improved the sheet metal package in this
release. I suggest all you sheet metal guys check it out.



This build is also fairly stable. I had no random crashes or
problems, other than one minor bug in the new flange tool update.



Happy modeling!!!

Nice improvement that is.


We are looking forward to M030 where MathCAD ntegration will occur.


Israr

We also use MathCAD and are eager for this inclusion as well.

Does anybody know what version(s) of MathCAD will be supported? We have a fairly old one, 8 I think.

Good for you Conrat on that sheet metal ehancement, I remember your original post about that problem.

I googled "MathCAD Wildfire" and could find nothing regarding specific releases.



I did find this information from PTC's site, regarding current and
future implementations. The link is also there if you want to
read the entire press release.



[url]http://www.ptc.com/appserver/wcms/standards/textsub.jsp?im_d bkey=38281&icg_dbkey=21[/url]

The first generally available integration between Pro/ENGINEER and
Mathcad is scheduled for mid-August, in the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0
M030 maintenance release.
Customers currently using Pro/ENGINEER
Wildfire 2.0 can download a toolkit-based application that will enable
them to link Mathcad worksheets to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0 models.
This less formal integration will allow Mathcad users to utilize
Mathcad parameters in Pro/ENGINEER models, and is expected to become
available in July 2006.
Although they say you can download a toolkit app, they do not mention
what versions are supported. I assume it will be the latest
version, or one below that. But that is just a hunch.



Thanks again for all of your help. This forum is a Godsend for
those of us trying to do more than the classes offer. Like my one
instructor said, he can only teach me to learn Pro/E, he cannot teach
me Pro/E. Make sense now that I thought about it. They only
show teach the basics, but it is amazing how a logical approach to
modeling can take you much farther.



Jim